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Follow UsHistory was scripted on Day 4 of the second Test between India and Bangladesh at the Green Park stadium in Kanpur as team India smashed the fastest team fifty in the history of Test cricket.
They got to the landmark in just 3 overs, thereby creating a new record. The previous best was by England, who, earlier this year in Nottingham smashed 50 in 4.2 overs against West Indies.
The onslaught was started off by Yashasvi Jaiswal, who hit a hat-trick of boundaries in the very first over bowled by Hasan Mahmud.
But the real damage was done by Rohit Sharma, who smashed sixes in each of his first two balls. India raced to 29/0 at the end of 2 overs.
Another Rohit six and a no-ball from Mahmud took the team to 36/0 in 2.3 overs. This was when Jaiswal went 6, 4, 4 against the right-arm seamer to help the team create history and post the fastest team fifty in Tests.
At 23 off 7 balls, Rohit looked like he was on course to post the fastest fifty in Test history, but was dismissed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz for 23 off 11 balls. The off-spinner bowled an absolute peach to go through the gate of the Indian skipper.
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